How Brazilian cuts of meat found a place in Dublin butcher shops
"They're saying, 'No, this part!' And we're like, 'Oh yeah, we can do that for you!'"
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In Portrane, residents of HSE-owned cottages fear for their future
The HSE isn’t maintaining them well, or doing necessary upgrades – maybe it’s time it hands them over to the council, tenants and local councillors say.
Is it time for a referendum on a right to housing? the Oireachtas housing committee debated last week
An inter-departmental group is going to have a think about it, and make recommendations in the first half of 2025, a Department of Housing spokesperson said.
Why is one of Ireland’s biggest landlords evicting so many of its tenants?
Figures suggest that Luxembourg fund LRC RE-1 has been issuing eviction notices at a much higher rate than peers – and at a greater rate than in the sector overall.
In Ballymun, plans called for developers to build high-density private homes – but large swathes of land remain vacant
It’s time to shift strategies, some say, and ramp up lower-density affordable-purchase housing there instead.
Vacancy Watch: The site in front of the National Centre for the Circular Economy in Ballymun
Surrounded by hoardings, “this site seriously detracts from the centre and from the main street of Ballymun”, says Fianna Fáil Councillor Keith Connolly.
Council officials present plans to retrofit flat complexes in south inner-city
At a recent meeting, they detailed plans to modernise Glovers Court, and part of Pearse House, without tearing them down.
Tenants in poor conditions across the city complain about the same property manager
They’ve pleaded for Martin Property Consultants to deal properly with leaking sewage, mould, cracked walls, and dripping ceilings.
Dublin tech company appeals council’s refusal to let it install sleeping pods in its city-centre office building
Councillors say what’s needed in the city is more affordable housing, not sleeping pods in offices.
Renter quoted €2,850 a month for studio in Rathmines co-living
In January 2023, Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien said he’d look at bringing co-living under rent-pressure-zone rules.
Coliving in Rathmines, pitched as part of solution to housing crisis, is being used for tourists
“A planning enforcement file will be opened and investigations will be carried out,” a council spokesperson says.
Did the CSO underestimate the number of illegally unregistered tenancies?
It suggested that a major chunk of unregistered tenancies are possibly ”informal” and don’t have to be registered. Does that bear out?
Vacancy Watch: The old Ardee House pub near Newmarket
Owned, via a company, by Teeling Whiskey Company founder Jack Teeling, it’s been sitting empty for years. “It’s an awful waste,” says a local councillor.